Solution Architect
People and team management
55% Strategic
Thought Leader
Process Maturation
Build Culture of Trust
Servant Leadership
August 2006
To
August 2012
Washington State Department of Social & Health Services
Developed IT policy and business plans for the software engineering group.
Defined technical architecture and application framework with a focus on incorporating industry, state, and agency standards into outdated IT systems.
Established configuration management infrastructure and environment.
Designed release and deployment management processes and tools.
Developed access management policies, processes, and security infrastructure.
Directed 2 teams through initiatives to fully modernize business solution.
Developed and managed continuous integration solution.
Led application and database system development.
Performed code reviews and ensured compliance with enterprise standards.
Developed and maintained software development standards.
Owned the engineering technical architecture.
Evaluated industry trends to incorporate modern tools and practices for improvement and performance goals.
Fostered a culture of continues improvement.
Represented Department on panels, advisory committees, and communities of interest at Agency and Statewide level.
Notable Accomplishments
Introduced new technologies to promote the continual evolution of software.
Represented the Agency in statewide initiatives such as ProviderOne.
Designed a near-zero downtime resilient architecture to replace single point of failure aging infrastructure.
Introduced new technologies and practices to promote the continual evolution of software.
Proposed new organization structure, leading to overall development shop reduction by 50% (10 people).
